0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodford Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodford Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Woodford Island has at least one motor vehicle, making car travel essential for daily life. Most households own two or more vehicles to get around, as the area lacks frequent public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 37.7% of homes having two vehicles and 14.8% owning four or more. This means the proportion of homes without a car is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woodford Island, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 67.9% as the driver. Those who work from home make up 17.3% of the workforce, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
17.3% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.27
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
6.5
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
57
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woodford Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14402/woodford-island/topic/transport